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More than 30 years ago, Dr. Barbara McClintock, the Nobel Prize winner, reported that genes can "jump", as pearls moving mysteriously from one necklace to another.

A pearls moving mysteriously from one necklace to anotherb, like pearls moving mysteriously from one necklace to another c, as pearls do that move mysteriously from one necklace to othersD like pearls do that move mysteriously from one necklace to othersE as do pearls that move mystreiously from one necklace to some other _________________

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(A) as pearls moving mysteriously from one necklace to another(B) like pearls moving mysteriously from one necklace to another(C) as pearls do that move mysteriously from one necklace to others(D) like pearls do that move mysteriously from one necklace to others(E) as do pearls that move mysteriously from one necklace to some other one _________________

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(A) "as" requires a clause after it. A clause requires a verb, but we don't have one here. "moving" is a participle (i.e. a type of adjective). (B) CORRECT! (C) This answer choice does use "as" correctly. Unfortunately, the word "that" is a relative pronoun, and it modifies whatever it touches. In this case, it's touching a verb ("do"), which it cannot modify. "One necklace to others" is slightly weird; a single pearl can't move to multiple necklaces at once. (D) "like" cannot have a clause after it. The word "do" signals this as a clause, so the "like" is wrong. (E) This answer choice does use "as" correctly. However, it makes a meaning error. This implies that pearls actually move from one necklace to another, which they don't. Also, "one necklace to some other one" is awkward _________________

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